Romans 8:35&36, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword, vs. 36 As it is written “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter”
We concluded our devotion with this thought, “Persuasion is not for hurried people but people who want to know more and live connected regardless”
Two things to bring to us from Romans 8 concerning the question asked by Paul about who shall separate us, the natural and the supernatural. Looking at verse 35&36, you can see that he is referring to the natural (tribulation, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, and sword) and then he concludes it by saying that for His sake we are killed all day long. I would take this to mean, in the process of dying to self and crucifying the flesh, we face these things that have separated many from God’s love but we are compelled to love Him because He loved us first. We know that His love is better than life and in turn we are telling Him that our love for Him is better than whatever thing we go through therefore we would rather suffer and die to these things than loose our love for Him. Continue reading “I Am Persuaded, Part 3of3, Evans Olang”